{"id":51742,"date":"2019-09-05T17:22:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T21:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=51742"},"modified":"2019-09-05T17:22:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T21:22:32","slug":"formfree-chief-technical-officer-brian-francis-lauded-by-housingwire-as-2019-hw-insiders-award-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/formfree-chief-technical-officer-brian-francis-lauded-by-housingwire-as-2019-hw-insiders-award-recipient\/","title":{"rendered":"FormFree Chief Technical Officer Brian Francis Lauded by HousingWire as 2019 HW Insiders Award Recipient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 5, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formfree.com\/\">FormFree<\/a>\u00ae today announced that Chief Technical Officer Brian Francis has been recognized as a 2019 HousingWire HW Insiders Award honoree. Now in its fourth year, the HW Insiders Award program honors housing industry professionals who are \u201cthe unsung heroes propelling their companies to success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0905-brian-francis-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Francis of FormFree\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0905-brian-francis-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0905-brian-francis-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><br \/>\nFrancis was awarded for overseeing the design and development of FormFree\u2019s groundbreaking automated asset, income and employment verification products, which have been shown to reduce lenders\u2019 average time-to-close by up to 10 days. Most recently, Francis played a key role in developing FormFree\u2019s patent-pending method for verifying loan applicants\u2019 employment and income history through electronic data extraction, natural-language processing and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian\u2019s technological savvy has helped FormFree bring numerous digital mortgage \u2018firsts\u2019 to fruition and has kept our asset, income and employment verification solutions steps ahead of the competition,\u201d said FormFree Founder and CEO Brent Chandler. \u201cHe has played an integral role in helping FormFree bring revolutionary speed and accuracy to borrower verification for more than 1,000 lenders nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Insiders grow more difficult to choose each year as their talent and impacts on the mortgage and real estate industry continue to blow us away,\u201d said HousingWire Associate Editor Kelsey Ram\u00edrez. \u201cThis year&#8217;s winners are truly the secret weapons of their industry and continue to push their companies to greatness and move markets forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s 50 HW Insiders Award winners were peer nominated and selected by HousingWire\u2019s editorial board based on their accomplishments over the last 12 months. Profiles of the 2019 HW Insiders Award honorees are featured in the September edition of HousingWire magazine and online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/49941-here-are-housingwires-2019-insiders\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/49941-here-are-housingwires-2019-insiders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About HousingWire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HousingWire is the most influential source of news and information for the U.S. mortgage and housing markets. Built on a foundation of independent and original journalism, HousingWire reaches over 40,000 newsletter subscribers daily and over 4 million unique visitors each year. Our audience of mortgage, real estate, financial services and fintech professionals rely on us to Move Markets Forward. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.housingwire.com<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutions.housingwire.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.solutions.housingwire.com<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About FormFree\u00ae<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FormFree is a fintech company whose market-leading AccountChek\u00ae Asset Reports are used by lenders nationwide to verify borrower assets, employment and income in minutes. To date, more than 1,000 U.S. lenders have ordered over 1.25 million AccountChek Asset Reports, delighting their customers with a paperless experience and reducing origination timelines by up to 20 days. FormFree offers automated analysis and standardized delivery to lenders and their investors using a secure ReIssueKey&#x2122;. A HousingWire TECH100&#x2122; company for four consecutive years, FormFree is based in Athens, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formfree.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.formfree.com\/<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company-beta\/482583\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">follow FormFree on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @RealFormFree @HousingWire #2019HWInsiders #digitalmortgage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 5, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; FormFree today announced that Chief Technical Officer Brian Francis has been recognized as a 2019 HousingWire HW Insiders Award honoree. 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